| Post: | Mayor |
| Body: | Reading, Pennsylvania |
| Incumbent: | Eddie Moran |
| Incumbentsince: | January 6, 2020 |
| Formation: | Peter Filbert |
The Mayor of Reading, Pennsylvania, is the elected, chief executive of the city of Reading, Pennsylvania, the fourth-largest city in the state of Pennsylvania. The Reading city government consists of a mayor and a city council. The mayor is elected for a four-year term.
The Mayor of Reading served under a city commission form of government prior to 1996. However, the city's mayor have served under a home rule form of government since 1996, beginning with the inauguration of Mayor Paul Angstadt in January of that year.[1]
Reading is one of the few United States cities to have elected a Socialist mayor. Three times, in 1927, 1935, and 1944, J. Henry Stump was elected mayor.[2]
The current mayor is Eddie Moran, who was elected on November 5, 2019 and began serving his term on January 6, 2020.
| Mayor | Term Begins | Term Ends | Political Party |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Filbert[3] | 1847 | 1848 | |
| William H. Keim | 1848 | 1849 | Whig |
| George Getz | 1849 | 1853 | |
| George M. Keim | 1853 | 1853 | Democratic |
| Daniel R. Clymer | 1853 | 1854 | |
| John S. Richards | 1854 | 1855 | |
| William M. Baird | 1855 | 1856 | |
| Joel B. Wanner | 1856 | 1857 | |
| A. Jordan Swartz | 1857 | 1858 | |
| Benneville Keim | 1858 | 1861 | |
| Joel B. Wanner | 1861 | 1863 | |
| Joseph S. Hoyer | 1863 | 1865 | |
| Nathan M. Eisenhower | 1865 | 1867 | |
| William H. Gernand | 1867 | 1871 | |
| Samuel C. Mayer | 1871 | 1873 | |
| Charles F. Evans | 1873 | 1879 | |
| Henry A. Tyson | 1879 | 1881 | |
| William G. Rowe | 1881 | 1885 | |
| James K. Getz | 1885 | 1887 | |
| James R. Kenney | 1887 | 1891 | |
| Thomas P. Merritt | 1891 | 1893 | Democratic |
| William F. Shanaman | 1893 | 1896 | |
| Jacob Weidel | 1896 | 1899 | |
| Adam H. Leader | 1899 | 1902 | |
| Edward Yeager | 1902 | 1905 | |
| Edwin R. Gerber | 1905 | 1908 | |
| William Rick | 1908 | 1912 | |
| Ira W. Stratton | 1912 | 1916 | |
| Edward H. Filbert | 1916 | 1920 | |
| John K. Stauffer | 1920 | 1924 | |
| William E. Sharman | 1924 | 1928 | |
| J. Henry Stump | 1928 | 1932 | Socialist |
| Heber Ermentrout | 1932 | 1936 | Democratic - Republican fusion |
| J. Henry Stump | 1936 | 1940 | Socialist |
| Harry F. Menges | 1940 | 1944 | |
| J. Henry Stump | 1944 | 1948 | SDF |
| John F. Davis | 1948 | 1952 | Democratic |
| James B. Bamford | 1952 | 1956 | Republican |
| Daniel F. McDevitt | 1956 | 1960 | Democratic |
| John C. Kubacki | 1960 | 1964 | Democratic |
| Eugene Shirk | 1964 | 1968 | Republican |
| Victor Yarnell[4] | 1968 | 1972 | Democratic |
| Eugene Shirk | 1972 | 1976 | Republican |
| Joseph P. Kuzminski | 1976 | 1980 | Democratic |
| Karen A. Miller | 1980 | February 1987 | Democratic |
| Warren Haggerty | February 1987[5] | January 1, 1996 | Democratic |
| Paul Angstadt | January 1, 1996[6] | January 3, 2000 | Republican |
| Joseph Eppihimer | January 3, 2000[7] | January 5, 2004 | Democratic |
| Tom McMahon | January 5, 2004 | January 2, 2012 | Democratic |
| Vaughn Spencer | January 2, 2012 | January 4, 2016 | Democratic |
| Wally Scott | January 4, 2016 | January 6, 2020 | Democratic |
| Eddie Moran[8] | January 6, 2020 | Democratic | |